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Fluorite with minor Galena from Blanchard Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico

 
Fluorite with minor Galena from Blanchard Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico

Fluorite with minor Galena from Blanchard Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico

Fluorite with minor Galena from Blanchard Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico

Fluorite with minor Galena from Blanchard Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico

Photo below under longwave ultraviolet illumination:
Fluorite with minor Galena from Blanchard Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico

DESCRIPTION:No. 78138
Mineral:Fluorite with minor Galena
Locality:Blanchard Mine, Hansonburg District, 8.5 km south of Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico
Description:Transparent blue cubic fluorite crystals to 9 mm with gray-metallic galena cleavages in white quartz. The faces of the fluorite crystals have microscopic crystallization patterns giving them a satin-like luster. The fluorite fluoresces violet under LW UV illumination. Collected ca. 1980
Overall Size:5.5x4.5x3 cm
Crystals:3-9 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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